Xinhua News Agency, Taiyuan, October 8th (Reporters Wang Feihang and Zhang Lei) At 16:30 on the 8th, as the last truck of stones was dropped into the breach, after all rescuers worked continuously for 24 hours, near Qiaodong Village in Xinjiang Section of Fenhe Shanxi The dyke breached successfully.
Affected by the recent continuous rainfall and upstream water, the Xinjiang section of Yuncheng City in the lower reaches of the Fen River encountered the largest flood peak in the past 40 years.
Affected by this, the dam in the north section of the Fenhe River near Qiaodong Village, Xinjiang County, broke at around 17:00 on the 7th, with a length of nearly 20 meters.
After the danger occurred, the local area quickly organized the emergency rescue team, mobilized more than 500 professional rescue teams, more than 100 various rescue machinery and vehicles, and more than 5,000 cubic meters of various rescue materials, and carried out the breach and sealing work overnight to fully protect the lives and property of the people. Safety.
Yuncheng is located at the lowest reaches of the Fenhe River.
Xinjiang County is the first stop for the flood peak of the Fen River to enter Yuncheng City. It flows through 4 towns and 31 villages, with a length of 44.94 kilometers.
At present, Xinjiang County has reinforced and heightened the Fen River dyke by 13.7 kilometers, transferred 17,631 people and evacuated people. More than 1,800 people have been resettled in 10 temporary centralized resettlement sites in the county.
As of 17:00 on the 8th, the peak of the Fenhe River has entered the Jishan section of Yuncheng City in Shanxi, with a flow rate of about 1180 cubic meters per second. Local officials and people are on the front line of the Fenhe River for emergency rescue and disaster relief.